From news reports. The world-famous physicist, who died last Wednesday aged 76, was a co-author to a mathematical paper in which he sought to prove the so-called “multiverse” theory, according to a report by U.K. newspaper The Sunday Times. This theory imagines the existence of many separate universes other than our own. The research, submitted two weeks…

By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley This will be a long posting, but it will not be found uninteresting. Global warming on trial: Global warming goes on trial at 8.00 am this Wednesday, 21 March 2018, in Court 8 on the 19th floor of the Federal Building at 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco. Court 8…

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Well, folks were complaining that my graph of the CET compared to the centennial solar minima was just one location, England. So here are the five European temperature records which start before 1815. Now, if the theory of the solar/temperature connection is correct, the temperatures should start trending downward when…

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen Biology has a ‘new’ problem: Speciation Reversal. One recent paper on the topic declares: “We argue that extinction by speciation reversal may be more widespread than currently appreciated. Preventing such extinctions will require that conservation efforts not only target existing species but identify and protect the ecological and evolutionary…

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Scientists have proposed pumping brine to refrigerate the bases of glaciers from a nearby volcano lair, and vast Arctic and Antarctic seawalls to prevent warm water from coming into contact with polar ice. But they are worried abundant sea ice might pose engineering challenges. Geoengineer polar glaciers to slow sea-level…

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Opposition leaders have accused the Australian government of climate hypocrisy, criticising the opposition for wanting a carbon market while at the same time running their own carbon market, forcing companies to purchase carbon credits for “breaches” of emission pledges. Offsets for emissions breaches prove Australia has a carbon market, Labor…

There’s a lot of evidence mounting that solar cycle 25 will usher in a new grand solar minimum. Since about October 2005, when the sun’s magnetic activity went into a sharp fall, solar activity has been markedly lower, with solar cycle 24 being the lowest in over 100 years. Cycle 24 is part of a…

Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t JoNova – South Australians have finally tired of economic misery and expensive, unreliable green electricity; the government which created the mess has just been crushed at the ballot box, 25 seats to 18. Jay Weatherill quits as leader after losing South Australian election Outgoing premier says he will stay…

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Mashable’s description of Senator Sheldon’s climate speeches to empty rooms, where even Democrats can’t be bothered to turn up. Senator Whitehouse blames dark money. Meet the U.S. senator obsessed with climate change Every week the Senate has been in session since April 2012, one lonely Democratic senator from Rhode Island,…

UNH researchers find space radiation is increasingly more hazardous From the UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE DURHAM, N.H. – It might sound like something from a science fiction plot – astronauts traveling into deep space being bombarded by cosmic rays – but radiation exposure is science fact. As future missions look to travel back to the…

From the EUROPEAN COMMISSION JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE and the “you should see mosquitoes in Alaska at 40 degrees F” department. Spurred on by climate change, international travel and international trade, disease-bearing insects are spreading to ever-wider parts of the world. This means that more humans are exposed to viral infections such as Dengue fever, Chikungunya, Zika,…

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I see that there is some confusion over terminology in the climate field. In response, I’ve put together a list of common terms, along with what far too often they mean in climate science. So without further ado, here’s my climate dictionary. TERM …

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Guardian author Ian Dunlop claims times are getting harder for ordinary people because of resource shortages – but completely ignores the negative impacts of green policies. If business leaders want to regain our trust, they must act on climate risk Ian Dunlop Empty rhetoric from corporates is not enough as…

WUWT readers may recall this chart which clearly illustrates just how uncertain climate science really is. It seems that some climate academics are a bit embarrassed that they haven’t been able to pin down climate sensitivity. From EU Horizon Magazine Climate sensitivity – reducing the uncertainty of uncertainty by Jon Cartwright A study published in January…

Via NoTricksZone: The jet stream is going to be just fine. PIK alarm story fails the test of science: Jet Stream will also meander as usual in the future By Dr. Sebastian Lüning and Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt (German text translated by P Gosselin) Almost one year ago the Potsdam PIK Institute put out a press…

From the “correlation may be causation, at least in this case” department comes a press release from the University of Delft about a student PhD thesis that seems unable to connect the dots about length of day and solar energy absorption on Earth. Reading his thesis though, especially the preface it seems that UD has churned…

NASA Powers on New Instrument Staring at the Sun NASA has powered on its latest space payload to continue long-term measurements of the Sun’s incoming energy. Total and Spectral solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS-1), installed on the International Space Station, became fully operational with all instruments collecting science data as of this March. “TSIS-1 extends a long data record that…

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Warmer weather and higher CO2 levels apparently makes it more difficult for pond scum to grow. Key Biological Mechanism is Disrupted by Ocean Acidification Inability of phytoplankton to acquire iron imperils marine ecosystems Mar 14, 2018 A team led by scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of…

At this rate, it’s going to take nearly 400 years to transform the energy system Here are the real reasons we’re not building clean energy anywhere near fast enough. by James Temple, MIT Technology review Fifteen years ago, Ken Caldeira, a senior scientist at the Carnegie Institution, calculated that the world would need to add about…